Since MH posted worst car ever owned, Whats the BEST car you've ever owned?

[MichaelRW]

The best car I have ever owned was a 1969 Charger that I bought in 1970 for $2800. It had 11,000 miles on it at the time. Over the next 3 years I put on about 70,000 miles. The only repair I had to make besides routine maintenance was to replace a portion of the transmission cooling line that had worn a tiny hole in it from vibration. I noticed the leak when I stopped at a gas station to fill up with 25 cent per gallon gas and saw some pink liquid on the freshly fallen snow. That car would go anywhere with snow tires on it.

That Charger was a great car. I then made the horrible mistake of trading it in on a new Z-28. I think I got $500 for it on the trade-in.

That first Charger greatly influenced the one I have now when I decided to restore a muscle car.

[derailed]

My 87 honda accord, 350000 miles. 1 timing belt and water pump, 1 clutch and 1 alternator.

[Charger_Fan]

My best car (truck) was also my first...I still have it today. Although, I foolishly took it apart quite a few years ago to fix it's trouble spots & it's STILL apart...patiently waiting for me.

It's a 66 F100 Custom Cab with a warmed-over 390, 4-speed & 9" rear end with 350 gears.
I can honestly say that I've personally blown up more drivetrain related parts on this truck when I was a kid than I've replaced on all my subsequent cars to date.  
But this is what I learned about vehicles on & it taught me a lot...it was really a love/hate relationship during that learning curve. Once I figured out how to fix things the right way, I hardly broke anything.

I had more fun in this old truck than any other car & I'm amazed to this day that I'm still alive from some of the situations this truck & I went through.

Yes, it's a picture of a picture ...taken in 1983.



The vehicle that's been most trouble free so has been our 1991 Exploder. It's currently got 246,000 miles on the clock & still has it's original engine & tranny...although it is on it's 3rd radiator for some reason.

[Nupe]

As much as I hate to say it...   Hondas have treated me best.   Only had one other and it was a '89 Prelude SI with the 2.0 and haulled arse.   Spanked many fart piped equipped cars and it had 180K miles, took it to redline all day long, and never used any oil.     Sold it and hated myself soon after.

Currently driving a '93 Ciivic I paid $1,000 for and it has about 180K on it now and runs great.   Drove it all over the place this summer and just put rear brakes (originals) and tires on it.   Still gets around 38 MPG.   By far the most reliable cars I've owned.

[Stormhammer]

The best car I have ever owned was a 1969 Charger that I bought in 1970 for $2800. It had 11,000 miles on it at the time. Over the next 3 years I put on about 70,000 miles. The only repair I had to make besides routine maintenance was to replace a portion of the transmission cooling line that had worn a tiny hole in it from vibration. I noticed the leak when I stopped at a gas station to fill up with 25 cent per gallon gas and saw some pink liquid on the freshly fallen snow. That car would go anywhere with snow tires on it.

That Charger was a great car. I then made the horrible mistake of trading it in on a new Z-28. I think I got $500 for it on the trade-in.

That first Charger greatly influenced the one I have now when I decided to restore a muscle car.

YOU BROKE THE RULES!!! 

[Stormhammer]

As much as I hate to say it...  Hondas have treated me best.  Only had one other and it was a '89 Prelude SI with the 2.0 and haulled arse.  Spanked many fart piped equipped cars and it had 180K miles, took it to redline all day long, and never used any oil.    Sold it and hated myself soon after.

Currently driving a '93 Ciivic I paid $1,000 for and it has about 180K on it now and runs great.  Drove it all over the place this summer and just put rear brakes (originals) and tires on it.  Still gets around 38 MPG.  By far the most reliable cars I've owned.

dont be hatin - Honda's are awesome for reliability, as are Toyotas

[RD]

my charger, then a 77 corolla, then my 94 escort, then my 87 ramcharger, 89 dakota, 71 duster and then my 87 mazda B2000.  #2 and 3 are for sentimental reasons.

[Lowprofile]

I have had 2 cars that stand out above all the others......

A 1968 Chevy ElCamino SS 396 4-Speed, And a 1968 Charger 318 Auto, with I think every option Dodge could stuff into a car that year!  Both were super dependable & neither one of them ever let me down. I miss those cars.

[SeattleCharger]

   I have owned Toyotas, Hondas, Nissan and Datsun cars and trucks, Chevy cars and trucks, Blazer, 3 Broncos, Dodge/Plymouth cars and trucks, van, and Ramcharger, Firebird, Cutlass, BMW, Volkswagons, 45 or 50 cars and trucks, I would say the imports, Toyotas, Nissans, and Hondas, including a Dodge Ram 50 small truck made by Mitshubishi, were the most reliable and well built, the 4x4s of Ford, Dodge, Chevy, Nissan, most fun, '71 Camaro and '74 Firebird and '71 Cutlass were fun to drive, so were the 3 Celicas and a 260 Z and a '72 BMW Bavaria,   I like my Toyota Camry a lot I have now, '95 XLE V-6 automatic.   Difficult to pick one as best, depends on what it was for, daily driver, hauling stuff, reliable, fun to drive, going four wheeling.  

[NYCMille]

It kills me to say me this but, the best car I've had was my 1998 Subaru Legacy GT, 5-speed, AWD. I BEAT THE CRAP out of that little car... redline in every gear from every light, hell I even took it on the beach a few times. Never one bit of touble and it ran like champ. Amazing little bugger (a bit slow though).

[defiance]

Don't knock Subarus.  My wife's WRX is one sweet ride...  If I wouldn't have gotten the charger, I'd probably have a subie of some sort... maybe an STi    But the opportunity came to get the charger, so that's the direction I headed, and a happy one it will be (I hope!)

[MichaelRW]

I took it to mean you can't use the Charger you own now. If I am a rule breaker, I humbly apologize.